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Wii sales hit 1m mark

30 Aug 2007 13:48

Nintendo Wii sales reached one million There must certainly be a heck of a lot of happy gamers in the UK at the moment - if sales of the Nintendo Wii are anything to go by.

After shifting 38 units in just 38 weeks, the platform has become the UK's fastest selling console.

This is 11 weeks faster than the Playstation 2 and eight weeks faster that the Xbox 360 managed to hit the magic one million mark.

David Yarnton, general manager of Nintendo UK, said: "The non-stop demand for Wii even in the traditionally slow sales periods for videogames in the UK is clearly behind this record breaking achievement.

"The performance of both systems appears to indicate that unprecedented interactive entertainment experiences, provided by a combination of the revolutionary nature of DS and Wii with the increasing number of unique software titles for the system from Nintendo and third parties, are being enjoyed by both avid and new gamers of all ages."

The Wii now has a 68 per cent share of the UK home console market, according to figures from Chart Track.
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